Friday, November 11, 2005

Hell And Heaven

World War I (1914-1918), over fifteen million people died worldwide, more than sixty-five thousand Canadians among them, a further one-hundred and seventy thousand-plus Canadians wounded. World War II (1937-1945), over fifty million people died worldwide, forty-five thousand (and more) Canadians among them, a further fifty thousand (and more) Canadians wounded. The lesser number of Canadians who died in WWII was the result of the greater number of Canadians who died in WWI—so very much had the population been depleted, so very much death. Hell and heaven must have been very visible on earth in those days. LWF.